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An Alaskan husband and wife were arrested for two separate DUIs on the same night while driving separate vehicles, reports NBC KTUU. On Thursday evening, Alaska State Troopers in Anchor Point stopped a Subaru station wagon after allegedly watching the driver drive erratically and cross the road'...

King County sheriff's deputy Mark Rockwood has been charged with a DUI following an on-duty accident in February, reports KOMO News. The deputy reportedly just started his shift at 7 a.m. when police dispatchers received several complaints about his driving. According to reports, Rockwood was dr...

The summer months are the busiest months for the Washington State Patrol in nabbing drunk drivers. As a result, the Washington State Patrol (WSP) is planning to start their summertime DUI emphasis patrols beginning July 1. While DUI checkpoints are illegal in Washington State, the WSP can still ...

A drunk Texas mother allegedly thought of an ingenious way to dry off her four wet children -- she would place the four kids on the trunk and hood of her moving car letting the warm breeze blow her children dry. Unfortunately, things did not go as planned and the four children were thrown off the...

A bipartisan group of Colorado state lawmakers had proposed a bill that would make repeat DUI offenses in that state a felony. However, in a move that angered many, the state legislature rejected the proposal, reports The Denver Post. Under the proposed law, anyone who is arrested for three drun...

A survey of 315 college freshman found that over half of the male students and over a third of the female students had rode in a car with a driver high on marijuana, reports The Boston Globe. About 44 percent of males and nine percent of females said that they themselves had driven high in the st...

Jason Priestly jokingly asked Chelsea Handler on 'Chelsea Lately': "What self-respecting Los Angeleno doesn't have a DUI under their belt?" Priestly, the former star of 'Beverly Hills 90210' was commiserating with Handler who similarly had been convicted of a DUI in the past, reports the New Yor...

There is a lot of misinformation about Washington boating under the influence laws. Many people mistakenly believe that boating under the influence is covered by the same laws as driving under the influence. However, there are distinct differences between the two laws (as well as similarities). H...

Washington and Colorado were the first states to legalize recreational marijuana use. Now many states like Hawaii and California are looking to possibly follow suit and are examining related issues like driving while high laws, reports West Hawaii Today. But while Washington has adopted laws mak...

A Louisiana man was involved in a hit-and-run accident and did the smart thing and reported it to the police. Unfortunately, when Patrick Ruffner drove to the police station and reported the accident, the officer who was prepared to complete the accident report instead suspected that the 31-year-...

Early Tuesday morning, authorities say that a suspected drunk driver struck the vehicles of two Washington State Patrol officers on the Ship Canal Bridge in Seattle, reports Q13 Fox. The Washington State Patrol officers had pulled over on Interstate 5 as they responded to an accident. One of the...

Former Philadelphia Eagle quarterback Donavan McNabb spent one day in jail last week to serve his punishment for a misdemeanor DUI arrest, reports ESPN. The 37-year-old McNabb was arrested on December 15, 2013 for the DUI just east of Phoenix, Arizona. McNabb reportedly owns a home in the area a...

A review of FBI statistics show that more women than ever are being arrested for drunk driving, reports MLive.com. Between 2003 and 2012, the annual number of women arrested for DUIs increased 21-percent from 174,000 to 211,000 throughout the U.S. While men were arrested far more often than wome...

May 5 is just around the corner and that means that many revelers will be celebrating Cinco de Mayo. However, like other holidays associated with drinking, local law enforcement agencies and the Washington State Patrol will also be getting ready to nab suspected drunk drivers. Law enforcement ag...

Pop-singer Justin Bieber was arrested for driving under the influence in Florida earlier this year and is now seeking a delay to the trial scheduled to begin next month, reports The Associated Press. Bieber was charged with a DUI, resisting arrest, and driving with an expired license following a...

Dina Lohan, the mother of actress and tabloid-fodder Lindsay Lohan, pleaded guilty to an aggravated DUI charge in New York. As punishment, the 51-year-old will have to provide 100 hours of community service before June 3rd, reports the Los Angeles Times. As part of the plea agreement, after June...

In November 2013, Bellevue police officer Doug Brennan stopped fellow officer Andrew Hanke for drunk driving. Instead of arresting Hanke, Brennan reportedly called Hanke's wife to pick him up and let his fellow officer go without criminal repurcussions. This decision would end up costing Brennan ...

An Oregon man was arrested for a DUI last Sunday night. The police probably did not need to perform a special investigation to figure out that alcohol was the probable cause for the alleged erratic driving and accident. That's because the 21-year-old Corvalis man was wearing a t-shirt that said i...

There has been quite a bit of news regarding law enforcement authorities getting arrested for DUIs in recent weeks. This week a commander in the Mountlake Terrace police department was charged with drunk driving due to an incident two months ago at Lake Stevens, reports KOMO News. The Washington...

DUI checkpoints are currently prohibited in the State of Washington. DUI checkpoints refer to police action where they stop vehicles at a certain point on a nondiscriminatory basis to check for signs of driver impairment. While DUI checkpoints have proven effective in some jurisdictions, Washingt...

High school students across King County are preparing for their proms. Prom season typically means gaudy dresses, ill-fitting tuxedos, and unfortunately, underage drinking. Proms are supposed to be a fun event. However, a mistake like drinking and driving can have serious consequences that can i...

A drunk driving arrest can impact your life far beyond a potential criminal record. Just ask Spokane police officer Mike Russo, who was arrested for a DUI on Saturday night and has been placed on administrative by his employer, reports KXLY. Russo was involved in a single car crash in North Spok...

Researchers found that drunk driving deaths may actually be under-reported in the U.S. In the study, researchers analyzed National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) data that recorded the blood alcohol level of victims who died in car accidents. The researchers then compared this NHTS...

The findings aren't that surprising. A new study concluded that teens who are exposed to drunk driving as passengers are far more likely to drive drunk themselves, reports King 5 News. The earlier teens are exposed to drunk driving and the more frequently they are exposed to it, the more likely t...